Previewing the 2012-2013 World Series of Poker Circuit River Rock

The fifth stop of the 2012/2013 World Series of Poker Circuit is currently taking place north of the U.S. border for the first time ever. The River Rock Casino Resort located in Richmond, British Columbia — just a short distance from Vancouver — is hosting 12 rings events, culminating this weekend with the $1,675 Main Event.

River Rock’s Main Event features three Day 1s — Nov. 2 through 4 — each day beginning at 12 p.m. local time. Players will be given the opportunity to re-enter twice, allowing one entry per starting day. For example, players eliminated on Day 1a can re-enter on Day 1b and/or Day 1c, and players eliminated on Day 1B can re-enter on Day 1C.

Aside from being the first-ever WSOP Circuit event in Canada, the stop has also made headlines by offering two online ring events in partnership with PlayNow.com. Events 11 ($320 buy-in) and 12 ($530 buy-in) are open to residents of British Columbia and Quebec and will take place Nov. 18 and 25, respectively.

Here's a look at the WSOP Circuit River Rock events completed thus far:

Mike Kim, winner of Event #1

WSOP Circuit River Rock Ring Event #1 No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-in

Entrants

Prize Pool

$300+$65

410

$123,000

Place

Player

Hometown

Prize

1

Mike Kim

Surrey, BC

$27,059

2

Charles “Woody” Moore

Las Vegas, NV

$16,722

3

Glenn Land

Coquitlam, BC

$12,219

4

Chen Yong

Richmond, BC

$9,072

5

Evan Thomas

Victoria, BC

$6,841

6

Jeremy Howe

Delta, BC

$5,236

7

Nguyen Phan

Vancouver, BC

$4,066

8

Curtis Berntsen

Vancouver, BC

$3,203

9

David Rogue

Vancouver, BC

$2,558

Flemming Lund, winner of Event #2

WSOP Circuit River Rock Ring Event #2 No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-in

Entrants

Prize Pool

$500+$80

296

$148,000

Place

Player

Hometown

Prize

1

Flemming Lund

Vancouver, BC

$35,523

2

Glen Ho

Coquitlam, BC

$21,951

3

Shannon Glenesk

Vernon, BC

$15,928

4

Louis Lam

Saint-Leonard, QC

$11,751

5

Brant Taylor

Delta, BC

$8,813

6

Joanne Lewis

Burnaby, BC

$6,716

7

George Zawadzki

Bowen Island, BC

$5,198

8

Jason McLean

Mile Rance, BC

$4,085

9

Mark Fraser

Mission, BC

$3,259

Adina Mazzucco, winner of Event #3

WSOP Circuit River Rock Ring Event #3 Pot-Limit Omaha

Buy-in

Entrants

Prize Pool

$300+$65

205

$61,500

Place

Player

Hometown

Prize

1

Adina Mazzucco

Coquitlam, BC

$15,989

2

Andrew Wan

Vancouver, BC

$9,878

3

Bryan Anderson

Langley, BC

$7,132

4

Dan Denghel

Brunaby, BC

$7,132

5

Ayaz Amiani

Campbell River, BC

$3,913

6

Hugh Jordan Drummond

Vancouver, BC

$2,974

7

Janis Campbell

Dawson City, YT

$2,297

8

Taras Kripps

Naramata, BC

$1,804

9

Dilovan Hussein

Edmonton, AB

$1,439

Matthew O’Brien, winner of Event #4

WSOP Circuit River Rock Ring Event #4 No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-in

Entrants

Prize Pool

$1,000+$125

354

$354,000

Place

Player

Hometown

Prize

1

Matthew O’Brien

Ottawa, ON

$81,422

2

Charles Shapiro

West Vancouver, BC

$50,335

3

Keith Wintermans

North Vancouver, BC

$36,720

4

Duck-Sin Jong

Burnaby, BC

$27,327

5

Shane Sandhu

New Westminster, BC

$20,518

6

Douglas Lamson

Abbotsford, BC

$15,693

7

Adam Cummings

Victoria, BC

$12,178

8

Andy Le

Mount Lake Terrace, WA

$9,586

9

Anthony Kook

North Vancouver, BC

$7,653

Dean Engemoen, winner of Event #5

WSOP Circuit River Rock Ring Event #5 No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-in

Entrants

Prize Pool

$500+$80

347

$173,500

Place

Player

Hometown

Prize

1

Dean Engemoen

Chilliwack, BC

$39,903

2

Carson Wong

Vancouver, BC

$24,670

3

Lillian Chan

Vancouver, BC

$17,997

4

Sang Hyo Park

Vancouver, BC

$13,349

5

Braden Hall

Abbotsford, BC

$10,056

6

Bashar Ramahi

Sturgeon Country, AB

$7,691

7

Paul Vassallo

White Rock, BC

$5,968

8

Philip Elliott

Vancouver, BC

$4,698

9

Andre Groulx

Richmond, BC

$3,751

Victor Chen, winner of Event #6

WSOP Circuit River Rock Ring Event #6 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo

Buy-in

Entrants

Prize Pool

$300+$65

381

$114,300

Place

Player

Hometown

Prize

1

Victor Chen

Vancouver, BC

$25,143

2

Terry Chen

Vancouver, BC

$15,539

3

SandraWong

Burnaby, BC

$11,355

4

Ian Modder

North Vancouver, BC

$8,431

5

Tony Fazeli

Richmond, BC

$6,357

6

Richard Getty

Burnaby, BC

$4,866

7

Wipada Butwong

Vancouver, BC

$3,779

8

Ping Huang

Coquitlam, BC

$2,976

9

Liying Zhang

Vancouver, BC

$2,377

With several events yet to be determined, the race for the WSOP Circuit River Rock Casino Champion is undetermined. Whoever captures that title, along with the eventual winner of the Main Event, will automatically qualify for the Second Annual $1 Million National Championship. Here's a look at the players who have qualified:

National Championship Qualifiers

Player

Qualified

Josh Williams

Horseshoe Horseshoe Hammond Main Event Winner

Mike Leah

Horseshoe Hammond Casino Champion

Dan Heimiller

Horseshoe Southern Indiana Main Event Winner

Jonathan Taylor

Horseshoe Southern Indiana Casino Champion

Quan Nguyen

Bossier City Casino Champion

Jeff Gibralter

Bossier City Main Event Champion

Kyle Cartwright

IP Biloxi Main Event Winner

Cory Wood

IP Biloxi Casino Champion

In addition to the qualifiers, players who earn enough points on the National Leaderboard will be able to buy-in to the National Championship:

WSOPC National Leaderboard Top Ten*

Player

Points

Rings

Cashed

Earnings

Charles “Woody” Moore

150

0

7

$46,997

Caufman Talley

142.5

2

5

$82,963

Ashly Butler

112.5

1

4

$25,415

Rex Clinkscales

110

0

4

$28,874

Ari Engel

105

1

4

$68,762

Aaron Massey

105

1

4

$24,300

Blake Barousse

102.5

2

3

$59,916

John Dolan

100

1

4

$63,916

Austin Buchanan

92.5

0

5

$40,964

Chris Conrad

85

0

3

$16,077

*Leading up to the WSOP Circuit River Rock stop.

Here's a look at the remaining schedule for the 2012-13 WSOP Circuit:

Date

Event Location

Nov. 8-19, 2012

Harveys Lake Tahoe

Nov. 29 - Dec. 10, 2012

Harrah’s Atlantic City

Dec. 6-17, 2012

Harrah’s Rincon

Jan. 3-14, 2013

The Bicycle Casino (Los Angeles)

Jan. 10-21, 2013

Choctaw Durant (Dallas/Oklahoma)

Jan. 24 - Feb. 4, 2013

Harrah’s Tunica (Mississippi)

Feb. 7-18, 2013

Caesars Palace (Las Vegas)

Feb. 14-25, 2013

Palm Beach Kennel Club (Florida)

Feb. 28 - March 11, 2013

Caesars Atlantic City

March 14-25, 2013

Horseshoe Cleveland

March 27 - April 8, 2013

Foxwoods (Connecticut)

April 4-15, 2012

Harrah’s Cherokee (North Carolina)

April 11-April 22, 2013

Horseshoe Council Bluffs (Iowa)

April 25 - May 6, 2013

Harrah’s Philadelphia

May 9 - May 20, 2013

Harrah’s New Orleans

May 21-23, 2013

Harrah’s New Orleans (National Championship)

For more information on the 2012-13 WSOP Circuit season, visit WSOP.com.

*Photos courtesy of WSOP.com.

Get all the latest PokerNews updates on your social media outlets. Follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook today!

What do you think?

PokerNews App

About PokerNews

PokerNews.com is the world's leading poker website. Among other things, visitors will find a daily dose of articles with the latest poker news, live reporting from tournaments, exclusive videos, podcasts and so much more.

At Full Tilt, players can not only play with the pros, but take part in a variety of different poker games and variations, like Texas hold'em. New players can brush up on the poker rules and learn poker strategy from the pros. Sign up for a Full Tilt account today.